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Knowing the right lingo is an important part of a profession in any field. This is particularly true in a field as artistic\u00a0and terminology heavy\u00a0as graphic design<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A typeface is an umbrella term that refers to a style of letters, numbers, and symbols.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For example, Helvetica\u00a0is a typeface. Variations on that typeface, such as\u00a0bold\u00a0and italic, are referred to as fonts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n An article published on\u00a0<\/span>Nerd Plus Art<\/span><\/a>\u00a0sums it up perfectly: “a typeface is like a song, and a font is like a recording.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Meaning, a typeface refers to a conceptual design, where as a font is an interpretation or variation of that design.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It may seem like splitting hairs, but you can spot an amateur or professional graphic designer by who knows the difference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Within a body of text, there are different techniques graphic designers use\u00a0to manipulate the way letters or characters are formatted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tracking refers to the uniform space between each letter or character.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Kerning refers to, more specifically, the space between two letters or characters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Leading, on the other hand, is the vertical space between lines of text.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To an amateur, these two terms may seem interchangeable. But actually, they are very different.<\/span><\/p>\n White space is simply the unmarked area on a document not covered by text, graphics, or images. It doesn’t have to be white. A black, green, or purple background would still be referred to as “white space” by a professional graphic designer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For example, the unoccupied areas of the\u00a0<\/span>Datacenter<\/span><\/a>\u00a0site would be called white space.\u00a0 Negative space is a tool used to create a visual illusion. It is the area around or between an object or image.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the iconic\u00a0<\/span>NBC logo<\/span><\/a>, the peacock feathers are the actual illustrated image, while the peacock takes shape in the negative space of the design.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Essentially, white space is the area on the page left uncolored, while negative space is like an “erasing” of the image on a page to create another image.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Graphic design isn’t just about design. You also have to be well versed in file types to come across like a professional.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A JPEG is a filetype that is ideal for basic printing and web uploads of an image. It compresses the image, so enlarging it will cause your image to look pixilated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A PNG file will have higher quality than a JPEG, and it maintains a transparent background. This is a handy way to save portions of a design that you plan to incorporate into a larger project because only the image is saved, not the negative space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n EPS are vector files. Vector files are scalable, meaning they can be enlarged to any size without losing quality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Now You Know!<\/b><\/p>\n Want more? Check out our\u00a0<\/span>helpful tutorials<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on everything from Photoshop to WordPress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Knowing the right lingo is an important part of a profession in any field. This is particularly true in a field as artistic\u00a0and terminology heavy\u00a0as graphic design.\u00a0 Font vs Typeface A typeface is an umbrella term that refers to a style of letters, numbers, and symbols.\u00a0 For example, Helvetica\u00a0is a typeface. Variations on that typeface, […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-graphic-design"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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